Stove pipe-tent pole combination with shield



E. F. CAMPBELL STOVE PIPE-TENT POLE COMBINATION WITH SHIELD July 1, 1952 Filed Sept 2 1949 INVENTORJ io waro ft bm/aell Patented July 1, 1952 STOVE PIPE-TENT POLE COMBINATION 1 WITH SHIELD Edward Campbell, J eifersonville, Application September 2, 1949, Serial No. 113,893

(cuss-14) (Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as amended April 30, 1928; 370 0. G. 757) i '1. Claim.

The invention described herein, if patented, may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalty thereon.

This invention relates to a tent of the type in which a stove may be installed and the stovepipe extends upwardly through an opening in the tent body.

A primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a stovepipe of sturdy construction which is supported directly on the ground or other foundation and thus provides an efficient construction from which the tent covering may be suspended.

Another object of the invention consists in providing such a stovepipe with a draft opening which may be suitably adjusted to properly control the fire in the stove.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of combined tent shield and attaching means which not only serves to space the tent fabric from the stovepipe but also provides a fastening means for connecting the upper edge of the fabric to the shield so that the entire load of the tent fabric may be supported by the shield which is, in turn, supported by the stovepipe.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings in which,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the stovepipe showing a portion of a stove associated therewith, and indicating the upper portion of the tent fabric in dotted outlines;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the frustoconical shield;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional View through the shield and showing the connection between the latter and the tent body;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the connection between the shield and tent fabric;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1, and looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view through one of the stovepipe joints.

As indicated hereinbefore, this invention has to do with the construction of a combined stovepipe and tent pole and to this end the structure includes a base plate I which is adapted to be located on the ground or other foundation and provided with a seat 2 for the reception of the lower end of the stovepipe which is indicated generally by the numeral 3. In the. present illustration the stovepipe is formed of a plurality of sections, five such sections being depicted in the illustration. The lowermost section is indicated by the numeral 4 and is provided with vertically extending guideways 5 for the reception of a slidably mounted arcuate plate 6 which serves to regulate the effective size of the opening '1, thereby varying the amount of atmospheric air passing into the stovepipe and consequently the force of the draft applied to the stove which is designated by the numeral 8.

A conduit 9 provides the necessary connection between the stove and the stovepipe 3. The lower end of the pipe section 4 may be spot welded or otherwise connected to the seat 2 of base plate I as indicated by the numeral l0 and the upper end of each of the several sections of the stovepipe may be necked-in as indicated by the numeral II, or otherwise constructed so as to provide a shoulder such as indicated by the numeral I2, to form a seat for the lower end of the immediately adjacent upper section, thereby providing a sturdy and secure support for the several sections, which, as a stovepipe, serve to bear the entire load of the tent fabric.

The topmost section of the stovepipe is indicated by the numeral l3 and is likewise neckedin to provide a shoulder I2 to form a seat and support for a shield 14. This shield is of frustoconical shape and may be fabricated of any preferred metal or other non-inflammable material, and serves the dual function of spacing the upper portion of the tent fabric from the stovepipe and providing a support for a plurality of fastening elements for securing the upper edge of the tent fabric to the shield. In the present illustration the fastening elements, which are indicated by the numeral l5, are in the form of upwardly directed hooks uniformly spaced about the inner surface of the shield adjacent the lower edge thereof. The tent fabric is indicated by the numeral [6 and its upper edge may be provided with a plurality of doubled-over straps l'l providing anchors for complementary fastening elements [8 here indicated as metal loops or rings adapted to engage over the hooks l5.

From the foregoing description and the attached drawings, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that I have provided. a sturdy and durable construction of a stovepipe tent in which the stovepipe may be solidly located directly upon the ground or other foundation so as to firmly support a tent covering in an erect position, that the shield which is detachably connected to the upper end of the stovepipe and functions to provide the connecting means between the upper edge of the tent fabric and the stovepipe also serves to space the tent fabric from the Stovepipe thereby avoiding the possibility of igniting, the former by heat passing through the pipe, and that the stovepipe is provided with a regulatable draft opening so situated as to be readily accessible and providing excellent draft for the stove which is connected to the stovepipe at a point spaced slightly above the draft opening.

In accordance with the patent status, I havedescribed what I now consider to be the preferred form of the invention, but'since various changes and modifications may be made in struc- V tural details without in any way departing from combined tent pole and Stovepipe provided with REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 251,857 Flohr Jan. 3, 1882 386,563 Steele July 24, 1388 512,890 Moore Jan. 16, 1894 1,160,954 Parker Nov. 16, 1915 1,669,611 Goldberg May 15, 1928 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 10,019 Great Britain Aug. 17 1888 of 1888" 58,217 Norway July 26, 1937 

